BOSTON — Junior Freddy Collins ran the second-fastest men's 5000m time in school history at day one of the Valentine Invitational on Friday at the Track & Tennis Center. 

TOP 10 TERRIERS

• Collins was under a second away from a school record as he posted a 13:53.21 time. He finished 16th in a crowded field of distance runners.

TOP PERFORMERS

• Junior Parker Schneider got under four minutes in the mile, finishing in 3:58.87.
• In the shot put, senior Cole Tucker earned second with a distance of 16.13 meters. Freshman Luke Riordan came in fourth with a 15.58m mark and senior Owen Faulha finished in eighth (14.07m) in his shot put debut.
• Senior Leon Christian finished seventh in the 60m dash finals with a 7.02 mark and took seventh in the 200m ith a 21.62 time.
• Junior Michael Onilogbo took third in the 200m, crossing the line at 21.26 seconds.

OTHERWORLDLY

• Nike runner Grant Fisher was the main event for spectators at the TTC, drawing a near-capacity crowd for his attempt to break the indoor world record in the 5000 meters.
• He not only managed to break it, but he did so by five seconds, crossing the finish line in 12:44.09. That mark is also the fastest by an American indoors or outdoors ever.
• Fisher is coming off breaking the indoor 3000m world record at the 2025 Millrose Games at The Armory in New York Saturday, Feb. 8.

 

PL	NAME	EVENT	TIME/MARK	TOP-10 TERRIER
8	Leon Christian	60m Prelims	7.04q
13	Thomas Lamkin	60m Prelims	7.08
7	Leon Christian	60m Finals	7.02
4	Micah Perry	60m Hurdles Prelims	8.22q
3	Michael Onilogbo	200m Invite	21.26
7	Leon Christian	200m Invite	21.62
35	Thomas Lamkin	200m Invite	22.75
16	Matt Spicer	400m Invite	48.74
34	Sahil Sagar	400m Invite	51.39
41	Shamiso Sikaneta	800m	1:50.92
57	Thomas Cowan	800m	1:51.86
124	Marcus Guidry	800m	1:54.68
158	Zac Segal	800m	1:56.48
29	Foster Malleck	Mile	3:58.67
30	Parker Schneider	Mile	3:58.87
44	Karsen Vesty	Mile	4:00.55
130	Moritz Ebbeskotte	Mile	4:06.79
247	Brandon Piedade	Mile	4:15.14
258	Glenn Bell	Mile	4:15.91
320	Will Loggia	Mile	4:22.71
346	Isaac Mahler	Mile	4:28.68
111	Dan Hruska	3000m	8:11.13
150	Tucker Bowerfind	3000m	8:15.91
155	Alex Brown	3000m	8:16.73
204	James American Horse	3000m	8:28.26
223	Jacob Sushinsky	3000m	8:31.33
16	Freddy Collins	5000m	13:53.21	2nd All-Time
4	Joseph Arens	Pole Vault	4.05m
2	Cole Tucker	Shot Put	16.13m
4	Luke Riordan	Shot Put	15.58m
8	Owen Faulha	Shot Put	14.07m
11	Steven Franco	Shot Put	12.97m
4	Luke Riordan	Weight Throw	15.65m